Donald M. Grant

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Donald M. Grant
Born(1927-04-03)April 3, 1927
Providence, Rhode Island
DiedAugust 19, 2009(2009-08-19) (aged 82)
North Port, Florida
NationalityU.S.
OccupationPublisher
Known forfounding Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. and other small press publishers

Donald Metcalf Grant (April 3, 1927-August 19, 2009) was an American publisher. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1927 and graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1949. Grant's interest in fantasy and science fiction started when he began reading the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs at age 10[1]. He married in 1956 and has two children[1]. Grant was involved in the founding of several science fiction and fantasy small press publishers. He co-founded Grant-Hadley Enterprises in 1945[2], The Buffalo Book Company in 1946[3] and Centaur Press in 1970[4]. He also founded Grandon, Publishers in 1949[5] and Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1964[6].

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ a b Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur (1983). Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era. Philadelphia: Oswald Train. pp. 166–168. OCLC 10489084.
  2. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 822. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 123–125. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 152–154. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 316–317. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Chalker, Jack L. (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 318–341. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b c d http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/WfaNomList.html
  8. ^ "2003 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 2008-04-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

References

  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 192. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

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